imum templi

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning lower midheaven
Literal translation lowest part of the temple
Variants
imum templi
templi imum
Edited by
lower midheaven astrological concept, cardinal point

poetic

quae nisi perpetuis alterna sorte volantem cursibus excipiant nectantque in vincula, bina per latera atque imum templi summumque cacumen, dissociata fluat resoluto machina mundo.

‘did they not receive the circle, sign after sign in succession, flying in its perpetual revolution, and clamp it with fetters at the two sides and lowest and highest extremities of its compass, heaven would fly apart and its fabric disintegrate and perish.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.804 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 146-147

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). imum templi (Lemma #2209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). imum templi (Lemma #2209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). imum templi (Lemma #2209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) imum templi (Lemma #2209), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2209,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {imum templi ({Lemma} #2209)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2209/},
}